Dr. Butts is
currently Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
for the Mount Sinai Health System and
SeniorAssociate Dean for Diversity
Programs, Policy and Community Affairs for the Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai. In these roles, Dr.
Butts is responsible for oversight, management and integration of all aspects of diversity programs and policies for
the Mount Sinai Health System to ensure diversity and inclusion as an integral
core institutional value and resource across the health system, including the
medical and graduate schools, graduate medical education and the Mount Sinai Hospitals
Group.

Dr. Butts holds joint
appointments as Professor with tenure in the Departments of Pediatrics, Medical
Education, and Preventive Medicine and has been an integral member of the
senior leadership team at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai since 1998. He has spent over 3 decades providinghealthcare services to East and Central Harlem residents and the past 15 years
developing and spearheading efforts to improve and sustain racial, ethnic and
gender diversity across all levels of education, training, and faculty for the
School of Medicine. Since 2004, he has directed the Center for Multicultural
and Community Affairs (CMCA), which has been recognized as a Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA) Center of Excellence for Minority Health. Under his leadership, the medical school has
become one of the most diverse student bodies among US private medical schools and
Mount Sinai has doubled the percent of Black and Latino faculty and housestaff. Dr.
Butts has held regional and national leadership positions with the Association
of American Medical Colleges and Associated Medical Schools of New York, among
other professional organizations and as
trustee for the Jewish Home Lifecare System, chairs their diversity
committee. He has been acknowledged for
his leadership and service by the Network Journal Top Black Doctors in New York
Metro Area recognition on several occasions; by the National Association of
Minority Medical Educators with the Distinguished Service to Health Award; and
by the National Hispanic Health Foundation for Leadership for Improving the
Health of Hispanic Communities.

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical,
device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs.
In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching,
Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.

Dr. Butts has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our
website.
Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.

Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).

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